Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act of 2021: Read It For Yourself
The PRO Act touts “dramatically enhance the power of workers to organize and collectively bargain” so read & decided for yourself
Tagged: unions
The Conservative Movement Shouldn’t Embrace Unions
Encouraging the flourishing of the individual is the best way to encourage honest, fulfilling work. That doesn’t mean supporting labor.
Protecting Workers Is How We Protect the Economy
Why do we keep talking about “the economy” as though it’s not made out of human lives?
Bernie Sanders vs Bernie Sanders for President 2020
“It’s like RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN”
5-4 SCOTUS Strikes Down Mandatory Union Dues for Public Employees
A state may not require public employees to pay dues to a union if he or she does not wish to be a member, ruled a 5-4 SCOTUS today in Janus v. AFSCME, reversing a Seventh Circuit decision.
A Case for the Conscience Exemption
Let’s revisit conscience exemptions for union shops, especially for public-sector unions.
Big Monday 2014
Concluding the Supreme Court’s Term are Harris v. Quinn and the newly-renamed Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. Hint: both majority opinions are from Samuel Alito.
In Praise of Leisure and the Pitfalls of Unions
Mark Linsenmayer outlines Bertrand Russell’s case in “In Praise of Idleness” for a shorter work week. Writing in the early 20th century, Russell spent most of his essay confronting the moralistic arguments against leisure....
McUnion
This story and the potential for change it brings excites me more than the #funemployment hippie* party, #Occupy, ever did. Insightful, Hamilton Nolan writes: By 11:30 this morning, several dozen people wrapped in winter coats...
What Chicago’s Schools Want to Evaluate In the District’s Own Words
Dylan Matthews lays out the rift between Chicago’s teachers and the city’s management in some numerical detail. Bottom line, teachers are being asked to do more with less. Less pay, more accountability, but still no real...
Some Thoughts On Wisconsin
1. Part of me, of course, is sad Scott Walker won. He’s a conservative and I’m not. All things considered, I prefer when conservatives lose elections. That said, the rest (most?) of me is...
How Much is Enough, When is Enough Enough, or When is Enough Too Much?
The elephant in the LoOG room has only been the most significant election this Tuesday, Wisconsin’s recall election of Gov. Scott Walker. Governor Walker punked the educrat-union-political complex by tightening its belt bigtime—the only...
Why is that UC Davis Cop Still on the Job?
Radley Balko explains. The short answer? Public sector unions. Occupiers, be careful what you wish for.
Beer, neoliberalism, and unions
Matt Yglesias returns to the subject of beer and the deregulation of the beer industry during the Carter industry. I’m going to take a bit of credit for the debate that was sparked around...
Beyond Unions
Recently we had the Labor Roundtable and much interesting discussion on the nature and necessity of organized labor in America ensued. I’ve cooled on the idea of unions lately, at least in their current...
Labor Roundtable: The Labor Movement, Redistributive Justice, and Procedural Fairness
by Tim Kowal The left’s alignment with unions is more than merely political—it is ideological. The major justification for continued existence of unions, particularly public sector unions, borrows heavily from a liberal conception of...
Labor Roundtable: Dreams of a Libertarian-Labor Alliance
by Freddie deBoer One of the divides in current political discourse that is the most meaningful for me, and one of the most important for the future of the American left-wing, is whether American...
